02-01-2012, 07:23 PM
(02-01-2012, 07:51 AM)benjamin Wrote: Good job on the progress!
It's awesome it's working for both of us!
Maybe the increase in hunger was due to some resistance?
Definitely, I've really enjoyed reading your posts as well!
Shannon - keeping my posts short. I'd like to post all these wonderful amazing results I am seeing or all these changes I've noticed. But, to be honest, there isn't a whole lot. There are really a couple main things that started a small amount after 48 hours on Stage 1, which then progressed to a really serious degree about 3-4 weeks in...
1. Portion sizes decreased massively. Here are a few examples... An average breakfast now looks like 2 or 3 scrambled eggs with 2 pieces of bacon. Then for lunch (which I consume at people's normal dinner time of 6-7pm because of my crazy sleep schedule with my job) I typically have some sort of meat and potato/rice. Then, a lot of the time I don't even have dinner, but if I do then I will fry up a piece of ham or a burger or something with nothing else (no sides). The thing is, I am seriously full after all of that. It is not like any other diet I have been where I've experienced being really hungry after I ate etc.
2. Not that interested in carbs. I find myself seeing bread as just a filler cheap food now. I'm much more interested in different types of preparations of meats along with different spices. I also tend to go for rice as my carb to go with a meat as opposed to bread and potatoes overall. The only thing I still have not figured out yet is pizza. I've tried a couple gluten free recipes and have not had much luck. If any of you know of some good options please let me know. It is one of the few foods I really enjoy, but because I am living on my own if I make or order out a regular pizza, I am left to eat the entire thing myself over a week time period which is not good.
3. Energy levels have increased. When I go to workout, I used to get pretty tired after about 30min. Now, when I start working out, after the first 5-10 minutes I get a serious boost of energy and I can go an entire hour of cardio or playing raquetball with no slowing down.
I'm not sure what else is coming up ahead, or if it will just be these things really being embedded, but either way things are going well. When you calculate the numbers I gave yesterday, it comes out to losing 3-3.5 pounds a week. I couldn't ask for much more!
